Minos - The mythological Minos

In Greek mythology, Minos was a semi-legendary king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. The Minoan civilization has been named after him. By his wife, Pasiphae, he was the father of Ariadne, Androgeus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Glaucus, Catreus and many others. Minos, along with his brothers, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon, was raised by King Asterion (or Asterius) of Crete. When Asterion died, he gave his throne to Minos, who banished Sarpedon and ( ...

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• Minos - The historical and scholarly Minos
• Minos - Minos in art
• Minos - The mythological Minos
• Minos - Glaucus
• Minos - Poseidon Daedalus and Pasiphae
• Minos - Theseus
• Minos - Nisus
• Minos - The death of Minos
• Minos - In poetry

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He reigned over Crete and the islands of the Aegean Sea three generations before the Trojan War. He lived at Knossos for periods of nine years, at the end of which he retired into a sacred cave, where he received instruction from Zeus in the legislation which he gave to the island. He was the author of the Cretan constitution and the founder of its naval supremacy (Herodotus 3.122; Thucydides 1.4). In Attic tradition and on the Athenian stage Minos is a cruel tyrant, the heartless exactor of the tribute of Athenian youths to feed the ...

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Minos, Minos - The historical and scholarly Minos, Minos - Minos in art, Minos - The mythological Minos, Minos - Glaucus, Minos - Poseidon Daedalus and Pasiphae, Minos - Theseus, Minos - Nisus, Minos - The death of Minos, Minos - In poetry

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